Samkhya: liberating knowledge gained
with the help of sense perception and
logical deduction.
Yoga: experiential, ascetic-contemplative path
to liberation in eight steps (external and internal discipline, sitting postures, breath control,
control of the senses, concentration,
meditation, mystical immersion).
Vaisheshika: atomist-mechanist natural philosophy.
Nyaya: knowledge based on logical deduction.
Mimamsa: Vedic linguistic philosophy and epistemology.
Vedanta: (“the culmination of the Vedas”):
the metaphysical explanation of the nature
of reality as taught by Shankara, Ramanuja, Madhva, and others.
